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The Ministry of Natural Resources this afternoon announced that as an act of good faith, the government will not prosecute the charges against the more than 20 persons arrested on Sunday May 28, 2017 for mining within the iconic Kaieteur National Park. According to the Ministry, the Park has been designated a Protected Area and […]
Even as the National Toshaos Council issued a call for the government to drop charges against miners found mining in the Kaieteur National Park, Minister of State, Joseph Harmon on Friday defended the government’s move to clamp down on illegal mining in the protected area. Mr. Harmon said while several workers were arrested for the […]
Minister of State, Joe Harmon, today made it clear that the Cabinet has made any decision or had any discussions with regards to a move to a referendum for the repeal of anti-gay laws in Guyana. At his post-cabinet press briefing on Friday morning, Mr. Harmon explained that the issue has not reached cabinet. He told […]
The National Toshaos council wants the government to drop all charges against those miners who were nabbed mining illegally in the Kaieteur National park area. In a statement last evening, the body of indigenous leaders, made a direct appeal to the President for the charges to be dismissed. “We ask that His Excellency take a close […]
Close to thirty miners and their family armed with placards, assembled today in front of the Ministry of the Presidency where they staged a peaceful protest against the recent arrest of 21 persons who were found to have been mining illegally in the Kaieteur National Park. Among those protesting was Toshao, Edward Mc Garrell, who […]
Together with a number of other business groups from across the country, the Private Sector Commission has issued a call on the government to put a hold to its plans to scale down the operations of the state-owned sugar company, Guysuco. “The private sector calls on Government to hold its hand on the current approach towards […]
A meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) got off to a heated start on Monday after the Finance Director of the Georgetown Public Hospital, Ronald Charles, disclosed that he was “not fully” the Finance Director and could not answer questions being put to him. There was a brief exchange of words between Chief Executive […]
The transition of British Guiana from a colony to Independent Guyana was a colourful episode punctuated with political, social and economic challenges. The country’s ability to successfully maneuver itself pass these challenges was recognised by President David Granger in his Independence Day Message to the Nation. Mr. Granger reflected on the period of colonization which saw 350 years of […]
Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Madame Yonette Decina Cummings-Edwards leads the list of National Awardees for 2017. She will be conferred with the prestigious Order of Roraima – the second highest national award in Guyana. She is one of 31 women who are being awarded national awards for their sterling contributions to Guyana over the years. […]
The devastating floods which greeted region eight recently has not posed any serious health risk, Minister of Health Volda Lawrence has reported. In a statement today, the Minister explained that this conclusion was arrived at after an assessment and analysis was done by a combined team comprising Ministry of Public Health officials, representatives of the […]
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